Be Like the Squirrel, Girl

When I was gardening the other day I kept finding peanuts that the squirrel have been squirreling away.

Little Acorns - The White Stripes

When problems overwhelm us and sadness smothers us, where do we find the will and the courage to countinue? Well the answer may come in the caring voice of a friend, a chance encounter with a book, or from a personal faith.

For Janet, help came from her faith but it also came from a squirrel. Shortly after her divorce Janet lost her father, then she lost her job, she had mounting money problems but janet not only survived she worked her way out of dispondency.

Now she says life is good again. how could this happen? She told me that late one autumn day when she was at her lowest, she watched a squirrel storing up nuts for the winter. One at a time he would take them to the nest, and she thought if that squirrel can take care of himself with the harsh winter coming on so can I. Once I broke my problems into small pieces i was able to carry them, just like those acorns, one at a time.

Take all your problems and rip 'em apart

Carry them off in a shopping cart

and another thing you

should've known from the start

the problems in hand

are light than at heart

be like the squirrel, girl

be like the squirrel

give it a whirl, girl

be like the squirrel

and another thing have to know in this world

cut up your hair

straighten your curls

well, your problems hide in your curls.